Groovy and Concurrency

This talk looks at using Groovy for multi-threaded, concurrent and grid computing. It covers everything from using processes, multiple threads, the concurrency libraries ear-marked for Java 7, functional
programming, actors including GPars, as well as map/reduce, grid and cloud computing frameworks.

We'll look at leveraging Java techniques as well as Groovy specific approaches:

  • Multiple Processes with Ant, Java and Groovy
  • Multiple threads - Java and Groovy support
  • The java.util.concurrent APIs, Fork/Join, Atomicity and more
  • Useful Java libraries: Google collections and others
  • Actor/Dataflow libraries: Jetlang, GPars
  • Polyglot solutions with Scala and Clojure
  • Grid computing and cloud solutions
  • Testing multi-threaded programs

Paul King

About Paul King

Paul King, a member of the OCI Groovy team, leads ASERT, an organization based in Brisbane, Australia, which provides software development, training, and mentoring services to customers looking to embrace new technologies, harness best practices, and innovate. He has been contributing to open source projects for nearly 20 years and is an active committer on numerous projects, including Groovy. Paul speaks at international conferences, publishes in software magazines and journals, and is a co-author of Manning's best-seller, Groovy in Action.

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